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Choose Champion Build:
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Hoo! AP is the new hotness! (DONE!)
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Full Tank? Ha! How quaint! (DONE!)
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I DONT HAVE A NAME FOR THIS BUILD YET (WIP)
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Ready to take over bot lane? (DONE!)
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Murdering the squishy enemy! (DONE?)
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Dangerousboy ady's Style
Recommended Items
Runes:
Sorcery
Domination
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+65 Base Health
Spells:
1
2
3
Safe is for nerds
Flash
Teleport
Items
Ability Order Evil loves me
Fey Feathers (PASSIVE)
Rakan Passive Ability
Threats & Synergies
Extreme
Major
Even
Minor
Tiny
None
Low
Ok
Strong
Ideal
Quinn
You go in, she go in. The problem is the trade will be in her favor. Stupid bird women, not even a real one.
Xayah
Xayah? XAYAH!
Ideal
Strong
Ok
Low
None
Xayah
Xayah? XAYAH!
Champion Build Guide
From Me To You
Ok let me be real with you here. Rakan top sucks. Especially right now. With the meta favouring champions with a lot of self heal like Fiora, Aatrox, etc, essentially duelists, you can't win a trade. But with that being said, you are more than welcome to play him top, just not in rank please. Don't say I haven't warn you.
Introduction
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Hi, its me, I make this guide because: 1. Rakan is (one of) my favorite champion and 2. Rakan top is a hidden sparkle that not much people know of :> (not anymore with how over-the-top everything is now) But seriously, even though I'm not the best LoL player (duh), you can take inspiration of my stupidity and evolve it. I hope you all enjoy top lane Rakan like I do and have a lot of fun P/S: you might not notice but there will be no build for jungle here because Rakan in the jungle is so bad it will not work unless Riot decide to buff his Q (give healing against jungle camp) or at least his E (self-shield and ability to dash to wards like Lee Sin's ![]() P/P/S: the reason why the ADC build is all over the place is because I don't play much ADC so I don't really know what I'm doing. P/P/P/S: If you have any suggestions or questions or just simply want to chat just leave a comment and I will do my best to reply. P/P/P/P/S: If you like this then please consider checking out my silly little Lillia guide here. |
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Vibe Music
Before you proceed to play Rakan top, you need to know a few songs.
When you solo q because you don't have friends (the one I listen to the most):
When you solo q because you don't have friends (the one I listen to the most):
Why Rakan Top?
Hey! I Have An Evil Spell!
Dancin' Between The Runes!
Option 1: AP Frontline
Primary:
Sorcery
Arcane Comet: This will give you extra poke damage. The moar the better. P/S: for matchup with slow (by slow I mean extremely slow) like Nasus, you could switch for
Phase Rush.
Manaflow Band: Give you extra mana so you can stay in lane for longer. Basically the best in this row.
Absolute Focus: The most viable in this row, give you extra damage. Can be trade out for
Transcendence for more AH but I don't like it :/
Scorch: Pretty straight forward, more poke. Can be trade out for
Gathering Storm if you like more damage.
Secondary:
Domination
Sudden Impact: A great rune that goes well with your W and E. Can be trade out for
Cheap Shot for extra true damage or
Taste of Blood for life
Ultimate Hunter: Shorter ult = more impactful or bring
Relentless Hunter if you want to roam (even though I would not understand why).
Bonus:
2 Adaptive and 1 HP (or whatever you want really)
Option 2: Full Tank
Primary:
Resolve
Aftershock: The best in this skill tree, you can also use
Grasp of the Undying but because Rakan is classified as ranged, the effect will be reduced.
Shield Bash: A good choice because Rakan has shield passive and from his E
Battle Dance but his
Battle Dance can't be cast on himself therefore this is basically useless in lane so I always run
Demolish.
Conditioning: Good choice for extra resistance, can change for
Second Wind if against ranged like
Quinn or
Bone Plating if against all-in melee like
Garen.
Overgrowth: My usual choice cuz it give you extra HP, change to
Unflinching against heavy CC team.
Secondary:
Sorcery
Manaflow Band: Give you more mana so can last longer in lane.
Gathering Storm: More damage late game, I still don't think this one is too good so you can go
Scorch for better poke or
Waterwalking for roam (recommended)
Bonus:
2 Adaptive and 1 HP (or whatever you want really)
Option 3: Support
Primary:
Inspiration
Option 4: AD Carry
Primary:
Precision
Fleet Footwork: This will make your laning relatively safer but if you want to "go big or go home", bring
Lethal Tempo or
Press the Attack (recommended). Never, ever bring
Conqueror!
Triumph: General ADC stuff :/
Legend: Alacrity: Make you attack faster,
Legend: Tenacity can work against heavy CC team and
Legend: Bloodline will help you survive
Coup de Grace: Pretty much the best rune for this tree
Secondary:
Domination
Sudden Impact: I just love this rune, ok?
Ravenous Hunter: Gib gud lifesteal, bird live longer
Bonus:
1 attack speed and 2 armour (or whatever you want really)
Option 5: AP Assassin
Primary:
Domination
Electrocute: Do I even need to explain this choice?
Predator is also poggers if you gonna buy boot first back and run around.
Sudden Impact: I like this one the most compare to the other 2 because (see above).
Eyeball Collection: More damage = good.
Ultimate Hunter: (see above)
Secondary:
Sorcery
Celerity: This combine with
Waterwalking and
Predator and
Mobility Boots will make you quite speedy or if you are not using
Predator then pick
Manaflow Band.
Waterwalking: (see above)
Bonus:
2 Adaptive and 1 HP (or whatever you want really)
Primary:








Secondary:






Bonus:
2 Adaptive and 1 HP (or whatever you want really)
Option 2: Full Tank
Primary:














Secondary:





Bonus:
2 Adaptive and 1 HP (or whatever you want really)
Option 3: Support
Primary:

Option 4: AD Carry
Primary:










Secondary:



Bonus:
1 attack speed and 2 armour (or whatever you want really)
Option 5: AP Assassin
Primary:






Secondary:








Bonus:
2 Adaptive and 1 HP (or whatever you want really)
Life Sucks Without Items
WARNING: This guide exist only to "guide" you so I encourage you to think and be more creative while playing rather than following this step by step!
Disclaimer: I hold no grudge against any items existed in this section, in fact I love them all!
TL/DR: AD Mythics is bad, AP is good
Mythic Items:
Poggers:
Turbo Chemtank: Your team need a quick engage? Better pick up this item then
Everfrost: Very underrated item that fit in well for extra cc
Hextech Rocketbelt: Good item to get in range for your abilities and for wave clear and ... You get the gist
Luden's Tempest: For bursting down squishy(squish squish)
Shurelya's Battlesong: Good speed good fight
Locket of the Iron Solari: Shield keep team from dying fast
Meh:
Sunfire Aegis: There is a better tank mythic option
Frostfire Gauntlet: I don't normally buy this item with any champ so I'm not sure how well it will perform
Moonstone Renewer: This is not a bad item by any means but there is just more viable choices for Rakan
Night Harvester: I just prefer
Luden's Tempest over this but your choice
Galeforce: This is basically the ADC version of
Hextech Rocketbelt minus the waveclear plus the damage
Immortal Shieldbow: Allow you to survive burst
Kraken Slayer: Shred tank. The end
Riftmaker: I generally don't like this since Rakan duelling power is really weak especially compared to meta top laner like Aatrox or Darius
Know your **** place, trash:
Dustblade of Draktharr: Rakan's abilities doesn't have any AD ratio so these thing will be useless
Eclipse: Same as above
Prowler's Claw: Same as above the above
Trinity Force: Its like, bad, ya know? High CD abilities with no AD ratio
Divine Sunderer: Same as above
Goredrinker: Any AD item is bad
Stridebreaker: It can work if you try hard enough
Liandry's Anguish: Your abilities have relatively high CD and there are better choices so this isn't worth buying
Imperial Mandate: Your cd is too high for this to be proc effectively
Legendary Items:
There are too many items and I can't be bothered so just read note I left in the build
Disclaimer: I hold no grudge against any items existed in this section, in fact I love them all!
TL/DR: AD Mythics is bad, AP is good
Mythic Items:
Poggers:






Meh:










Know your **** place, trash:









Legendary Items:
There are too many items and I can't be bothered so just read note I left in the build
Roaming Rakan Top Style
I'll do it later, too lazy rn
Under Construction
I will continue to make the guide later, now I abuse some Lillia top
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